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Hour Glass Vessel (Salvilla)
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Hour Glass Vessel (Salvilla)

Artist/Maker Gran Coclé Panama
Dateca. 200-500
CultureGran Coclé
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (17.5 x 19.7 x 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Roselillian Stoetzer
Terms
    Object number2005.47.5
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    • Art of the Ancient Americas
    DescriptionThe visual focus of this piece is the smaller, central area of the stand. Red and black colors give it an intense visual energy that attracts the eye. This hourglass-shaped vessel is called a salvilla and is decorated in the Tonosí style. This unique style is one of the first in the chronology of Gran Coclé pottery and this example may originate from the Gulf of Montijo. The combination of a thick grayish-white slip and a dark brown paste, lacking the use of purple paint, is characteristic of ceramics from this area. Broken pottery sherds of this style are frequently found in rubbish dumps, unlike later ceramics, which are associated almost exclusively with mortuary features.
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